pathfinder
noun
a person who finds or makes a path, way, route, etc., especially through a previously unexplored or untraveled wilderness.
pathfinders
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pluralof pathfinder.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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That is where it will rendezvous and dock with the prototype lunar landers, called pathfinders.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
But we also need to celebrate the many pathfinders who made this historic mission possible.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2019
This was a night for powerful women and pathfinders like Burnett and Close.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2019
Bit by bit, McClellan, Tarter and other historians and lawmakers are highlighting the names and deeds of those early African American pathfinders.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2018
Well, you can't all be pathfinders, or there'd be no one to carry the dinner!
From The Camp Fire Girls in the Mountains or Bessie King's Strange Adventure by Jane L. Stewart
